Jacki 614.648.8897​
Sacred After-Death Care
The Sacred Passage Home
Offering support beyond the moment of death, with gentle practical guidance for families wishing to honor the deceased with a home funeral and/or needing assistance with the journey of grieving.
Jacki is devoted and dedicated to returning death to its natural sacred place. Serving as a Home Funeral Guide and Grief Coach are a couple of ways she works towards this end.
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A century ago, after-death care was provided by the family and community. Individuals were born in the home. They died in the home. Family members cared for the body after death, provided a wake in the home, built the coffin for burial and dug the grave.
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Today, Baby Boomers are forging a path, circling back around to these by-gone days, seeking alternatives to what's become known as the modern funeral.
The Home Funeral
A non-commercial, family-centered funeral that involves the family and its community in caring for and preparing the body after death, for burial or cremation. Rituals and ceremonies in the home may also be included.
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As a Home Funeral Guide, Jacki may assist the family with instruction regarding bathing and dressing the body; laying the body out on a bed, sofa or table in the living room; educating family on cooling the body and assisting with ceremonial prayer.
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